Railway-car



( No Model.)

R. A. WILDER.

RAILWAY GAR.

Patented Aug. 9, 1892.

izeowo/ one side.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RUFUS A. WILDER, OF CRESSONA, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAILWAY-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 480,355, dated August 9, 1892.

Application filed April 25, 1892- Serial No. 430,589. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RUFUS A. WILDER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oressona, in the county of Schuylkill and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-0ars; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in railway-cars; and the object is to provide and construct a car for carrying valuables with safety against unwarranted intrusion and trespass, and to provide means whereby any attempts of marauders to efiect an entrance or rob the car of its contents or valuables may be effectually repelled and defeated without danger to the messenger, guard, or occupants. I therefore propose to construct a car of the kind stated accessible only through the doors at the sides, both of which are amply guarded by persons safely sheltered from the attack, and to provide the car with convenient and secure compartments, boxes, safe-deposits, or drawers for containing the articles.

The form of the body of the car is such that no hold or lodgment can be had to or on any exterior part thereon and no access be had to the car except 'thrbugh the doors, there being no windows and no other openings, except those devised for protection and safety, and no side or end platforms.

I have fully illustrated my invention in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section through the car, showing the general construction and the arrangement of the interior of Fig. 2 is a transverse section on the line 00 a: of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an end view, and Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view. 7

A designates the trucks of the car, on which the body may be supported in any proper way. From the opposite ends of the car project the draw-heads 1, which also may be of any of the approved constructions.

B designates the body of the car, made throughout of metalsuch as substantial steel platesand consisting of an outer shell 2 and an inner shell 3, with a space 4 between them, which space may be fitted in with some fireproof material.

The ends of the cars are preferably rounded and are duplicates in construction and equipment, being provided with loop-holes 5 6 at the angles or corners, an upper loop-hole 7, and a lower loop-hole 8. From the loop-holes 5 and 6 weapons may be fired to repel an attack from the direction they cover, and from the loop-holes 7 the engine may be defended when the car is next the engine, and from the loop-hole S the coupling may be defended from any attempt to reach it.

(J 0 designate doors arranged at the sides of the car. These doors are made in two parts and are made to open inward, being guarded and secured by strong bars held in keepersa means of fastening well known. In the lower section of the doors are formed loop-holes 9. through which the weapons from the car may be fired to repel any attack from the sides.

All the loop-holes in the car are protected by suitable covers or grates 10, which I have shown pivoted or hung on supports and may be pushed aside when it is necessary to use the loop-holes, as indicated in dotted lines in the drawings.

Adjacent to the doors and diagonally opposite to each other I arrange safety boxes or turrets E E, secured to and rising from the floor of the car and provided with doors 11 and loop-holes 12. These safety boxes or turrets can be made to revolve on pivotal supports, so that the loop-holes 12 formed therein may be presented at different directions for defense and attack.

To strengthen the car, I put cross-bars 14 across the arch and which preserve the shells from being damaged under accidental exigencies.

The letters A, B, and O on the front of the put on at each trip, so that no person or messenger than the one in charge will know the designation.

The car can be ventilated and lighted by any well-known means.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A safety-car composed of outer and inner metal shells, loop-holes through the shells of the car, upper and lower doors at the sides of the car, loop-holes in the doors, and movable covers overall the loop-holes, substantially as described.

2. A safety-car composed of inner and outer metal shells, metal side doors in the car, safety boxes or turrets secured within the ear, and

RUFUS A. WILDER.

Witnesses:

GEo. K. WELLS, D. H. ALBRIGHT. 

